Friday, November 6, 2015

DAs want more money

The five DAs penned a letter asking that their pay be hiked to $250,000 a year — up from the $190,000 they make now, a 32% bump.

The prosecutors made the plea in a letter to the commission formed by City Hall to consider pay raises for elected officials, playing up their high-level duties.

"We are responsible for the prosecution of the most serious and violent criminal offenses including murders, rapes, robberies, gang violence, child abuse and domestic violence. We conduct long term investigations into sophisticated white-collar crimes, official misconduct and corruption, gun and drug trafficking and other offenses," they wrote to the Quadrennial Advisory Commission.

They went on to complain that their six-figure salaries pale in comparison to those of senior partners at private law firms, who earn millions.

Guys, you gotta read the whole article sometimes. There's actually a legit point of contention in this:

They said the retroactive hike is justified because city code says the pay raise commission should be appointed every four years, but one wasn’t named in 2011. The last raises came in 2007.

As Bloomberg left every public union with an expired contract, this does not surprise me. It's pretty arrogant of them to name an amount and demand it retroactively, but they are right to hold the mayor's feet to the fire in putting together that commission, which should be impartial, and short-lived to do its job. As the top lawyers of the city though, it's also pretty pathetic that they couldn't just file suit to get this done.

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